Lock for fire-arms



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F W HOOD Look for Fire Arms. NO. 241,804.

Patented May 24,1881.

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FREEMAN W. HOOD, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

LOCKFOR FIRE-ARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,804, dated May 24,1881 Application filed April 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREEMAN W. HOOD, of thecity of Norwich, and county of New London, of the State of Connecticut,haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Fire-Arms; and I do herebydeclare the same to be described in the following specification, andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 denotes aside view, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, ofa gun-lock and caseprovided with my invention, which, in part, is to effect rebound of thehammer from the nipple or firing-pin after each discharge of the piece,the nature of my said invention being duly set forth in the claimshereinafter made.

In the drawings, A denotes the lock-case, which in: this instance is apart of the stock of the gun or fire-arm.

B is the lock-hammer; (J, its tumbler, and 1) the firing-pin.

E is the mainspring, whichisiastened to the case, and is connected withthe tumbler by a link, F, resting in notches (61) made in thctumbler andspring.

Attached to the tumbler and hooked upon the lower part of the link is asmall spring, 0, whose object is to keep the link from accidentallygetting out of place with respect to the tumbler and mainspring.

G is the trigger, arranged to operate with the tumbler in the usualmanner.

Over the mainspring, and projecting down from the case, is an abutment,H, against which the mainspringbrings up just before the hammer maystrike the percussion-cap or tiring-pin.

An auxiliary spring, I, fixed to the case and bearing on the tumblerback of the axis of its fulcrum, effects the rebound of the hammer fromthe cap or tiring-pin.

Were it not for the spring 0 the link would be liable, on stoppage ofthe mainspring by the abutment, to be thrown outof engagement with thetumbler and mainspring.

On the hammer being set to full-cock and the trigger being pulled, thesaid hammer, by the mainspring, will be thrown forward until thefiringpin may be struck, the spring being stopped in its advance by theabutment, and the rebound ot' the hammer being effected by the auxiliaryspring I.

WVhat I claim as my inveutionis as follows:

1. The combination of the link-sustaining spring 0 with the hammer,tumbler, link, the mainspring, and lock-case, arranged as set forth.

2. The combination of the link-sustaining spring a, the hammer, tumbler,link, in ainspring, abutment, lock-case, and auxiliary or reboundspring, all being arranged and adapted substantially as set forth.

FREEMAN WV. HOOD.

Witnesses AMos A. BROWNING, FRANKLIN H. BROWN.

